Capacity Development, focusing on strengthening the capacities of the partnership's network members for lobby and advocacy contributing to locally grounded and inclusive conflict prevention mechanisms and practices, and help the Netherlands government to effectively support these processes.

Norms and Policy Framework, strengthening the effective implementation of agreed norms and policy frameworks for conflict prevention through lobby and advocacy. The alliance will focus on four specific norms and frameworks: the UN Human Security Framework; the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP); the UNSCR 1325 framework on women, peace and security; and the post-2015 development agenda, specifically elements pertaining to peaceful societies, justice, good governance and gender equality.

Institutions, strengthening the international peace and justice system to prevent and end impunity for crimes occurring in conflict and post-conflict situations, with specific focus on the UN's Peacebuilding architecture; the Rome Statute system and the International Criminal Court (ICC); and, Regional International Governmental Organisations (RIGOs).

Priority regions for the Alliance will include Eastern Africa/ Great Lakes Region; Western Africa; Middle East and Northern Africa; Europe; Southeast Asia as well as institutional headquarters in New York, Geneva, The Hague, and Addis Ababa.

What is GPPAC

The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) is a member-led network of civil society organisations (CSOs) active in the field of conflict prevention and peacebuilding across the world.